Reflections on the Role of Ideas and Agency in Europe

Session I: Perspectives on the Past

09.00-10.30
Chair: Matthew Maguire

The Velvet Gauntlet: Defense Diplomacy as a Tool of International Statecraft
Gregory Winger, Ph.D. candidate in Political Science, Boston University
(Discussant: Matthew Specter, Associate Professor of History, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain; Visiting Fellow at IWM)

A Diasporic Stance of Translation: The Hebrew Amadis de Gaula
Assaf Ashkenazi, The European Forum, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
(Discussant: Ewa Majewska, Lecturer in Gender Studies, University of Warsaw; Senior Visiting Fellow at IWM)

The Spirit of the Law: Mobilizing and/or Professionalizing the Women’s Movement in Post-socialist BulgariaMariya Ivancheva, Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central European University, Budapest
(Discussant: Ewa Majewska, Lecturer in Gender Studies, University of Warsaw; Senior Visiting Fellow at IWM)

Searching for ‘Another Democracy’? Changing Patterns of Political Participation in Romania during the Economic CrisisMarius Ioan Tatar, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Oradea, Romania
(Discussant: Tina Olteanu, Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, Institute for Political Science)

God in History: Collapsing Divine and Human Agency in John Paul II’s Memory and Identity
Natalie Smolenski, Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology and History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
(Discussant: Ludger Hagedorn, Lecturer in Philosophy at New York University, Berlin; Project Leader at IWM)

National Liberal Heirs of the Old Austria: Approaching the “Deviations” in Liberal Party Traditions, 1867-1918
Oskar Mulej, Ph.D. candidate in History, Central European University, Budapest
(Discussant: Lothar Höbelt, Professor of Modern History, University of Vienna, Institute for History)

Session IV: Policy and Economics

15.45-17.15Chair: Marius Ioan Tatar

Public Financial Law and Values: Russian and European ExperienceAndrey Evdokimov, Deputy Director General for Legal Affairs, Financial and Law Research, LLC Legal Company ELITA, Lipetsk, Russia
Discussant: Mariya Ivancheva, Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central European University, Budapest; Junior Visiting Fellow at IWM)